Microsoft plans to release two security patches for its
Office collaboration suite and the Windows operating system next
Tuesday (14 March), as part of its monthly scheduled patching
cycle.
The Office patch has been classed as “critical” by Microsoft,
and the Windows fix is deemed “important”.
Critical patches are issued to address potential attacks by
remote attackers that require no intervention from users to cause
harm to their systems.
Last month, Microsoft issued seven patches to its Office and
Windows suite, with two of these described as critical.
Earlier this week, one of these critical patches – for Windows
Media Player – was discovered to have caused operating problems to
users’ media players. Microsoft has issued a workaround to this
problem.
As usual, Microsoft did not detail in advance which elements of
Windows or Office were affected by the latest potential security
problems.
